Ken Aldred

Congrats.

Great Richard Corben book.

It has gone a little off topic, admittedly.  So, apologies to the OP. 

I had to answer the question about what shop, and where.  A classic case of 'too much detail'.

Despite its flaws, I still struggle to rate the store as worse than Forbidden Planet in Manchester, though.

5 hours ago, Marwood & I said:

Ahh.  Farting dogs and enclosed spaces rarely make good bedfellows in my experience.  I wonder how CGC would grade a book that was irrevocably impregnated with eau de dachshund? 

5 hours ago, Marwood & I said:

I suspect unfavourably. 

It's regarded as one of the worst defects imaginable, so horrific to contemplate that it doesn't really ever get discussed.  CGC have various tests, as you know ; black lights, trimming, colour touch, added pieces to covers, but when a submitted book has been exposed to this and tests positive, well, it really is the end, and time to put the comic out of its misery.

It's little known that the only defect that CGC hammers the grade down on even more harshly than staining is canine flatulence.  A book with a 9.8 presentation that tests positive for exposure is lucky to be awarded a good, 2.0 label : completely unsaleable once the truth is known, even on Craigslist.

It's generally considered better to keep such a book raw rather than suffer possible humiliation by getting it slabbed.

It was in Bolton, to the north of Manchester, during the early 90s. Can't even recall its name now.

Very claustrophobic, and the shop reeked a bit.  I figured out why - the owner’s dog was farting.  Extremely off-putting.  

I only went back one more time, the dog persisted with its noxious air pollution, and I just gave up and left.

10 hours ago, Marwood & I said:

Wow! 

Thanks for sharing this. I have to say, the opulence is quite typical of UK comic shops which are very upmarket indeed. Here's one of ours @Rockblazer

That reminds me of the smallest comic shop I've ever been in, now defunct, here in the UK.  Two shelves, small space in between.